Cash-carrier system



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G. A. BADGER & W. P. LAKIN.

CASH CARRIER SYSTEM.

No. 296,909. Patented Apr. 15, 1884.

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CASH CARRIER SYSTEM.

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A. BADGER AND VILBER FOWLER LAKIN, OF QUINCY, ASSIGNORS TO JOHN H.LAKIN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CASH-CARRIER SYSTEM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,909, dated April15, 1884.

Application filed March 12, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE A. BADGER and WVILBER F. LAKIN, both ofQuincy, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts,

have invented certain Improvements in Cash- Garrier Systems, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, inwhich Figure 1 represents a wire track with our improvements appliedthereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged representation of one end of the track inan elevated position with our locking devices andmeans for cushioning,retaining, and 1 5 starting the carrier. Fig. 3 represents the positionof the same when the said end of the track is lowered. Fig. 4: is anelevation showing the device for releasing the carrier. Fig. 5represents a pair of adjustable brackets which support the guide onwhich slides the plate to which the end of the track is connected. Fig.6 is a horizontal section, representing a group of brackets for holdinga series of tracks converging to the cashiers desk; Fig. 7 a sectionaldetail of the same; Fig. 8, an enlarged vertical section through abracket; Figs. 9 and 10, sections through our improved carrier and itscash-receptacle. Figs. 11 and 12 represent our device for locking thespring-actuated drum 0 when the cash-receptacle is drawn down; Fig. 13,a view of our cash-carrier-locking device.

Our present invention consists in a cash or .parcel carrier providedwith a drum located on a horizontal shaft, .and inclosing and actu- 3 5ated by a helical or clock spring, in combination with a receptaclehaving connections leading therefrom to said drum, and wound thereon inthe same direction, the receptacle being drawn down against theresistance of the spring 40 and looked in a position to receive the cashor parcel and being returned, when unlocked, to the bottom of thecarrier by the winding up of the spring to its normal position.

Our invention also consists in a closely- 5 wound spiral-springconnection extending between the cash or parcel receptacle and thespring-actuated drum of the carrier, said connection possessing thegreatest durability and right degree of resiliency requisite for thispurpose.

Our invention also consists in certain devices for arresting,cushioning, retaining, and

starting the carrier.

Our invention also consists in a locking device for holding the end ofthe inclined track when elevated, in combination with a means forunlocking and lowering the same, said devices being located at each endof the track.

Our invention also consists in a series of pairs of independent bracketslocated, capable of adjustment, and adapted to swing freely on a seriesof independent vertical rods arranged within a holder at a point wherethe cashier is stationed, in combination with a pair of similar bracketsmounted and capable of adjustment on a vertical rod at the salesmans endof the track, whereby the brackets are free to .conform to and are heldin their proper position and the inconvenience of securing the ends oftracks running at inclined angles with their points of support isentirely avoided.

Our invention also consists in certain details, to be fully describedand specifically claimed.

In the said drawings, A represents a wire track, each end of which issecured to a holder, 7 5 B, adapted to slide on a vertical guide, 0,being provided with a pair of friction-rolls, a a, running on the backof the guide. Each guide is held in position between the ends of a pairof brackets, D, which are free to slide verti- 8o cally on and swinghorizontally around an upright 'rod, 12, held between bearings E, saidconstruction admitting ofthe free play of the brackets, to enable themto conform to the direction taken by the track, and also affording S 5 aconvenient means for attaching the tracksupporting devices where one ormore tracks are employed whose direction is not at right angles to thesurface upon which the supporting devices are to be applied, the cuttingand 0 fitting incident to the use of rigid brackets being therebyavoided.

c c are screws by which the top and bottom of the guide 0 may beadjusted in the vertical plane of the track when it is necessary to 9 5tighten the same. \Vhere a number of tracks lead to a common point-forinstance, from several salesmens positions to the cashiers desk-a seriesof pairs of brackets correspond-f ing to the number of tracks mustnecessarily 10o be located within reach of the cashier, and we find itconvenient to support the bracket-rods 1) between a pair of plates, G,Figs. 6 and 7, said plates being mounted on a vertical post, H, risingfrom the floor or extending down from the ceiling, and being adjusted atthe required height and secured to the post, when adjusted, byclamping-screws (Z (Z, by which arrangement the proper inclinations ofthe tracks can be readily effected. To one side of each sliding holder13 is pivoted a bent arm, I, having its lower front portion, 6, in theform of a hollow rectangle for the reception of a suitable elasticsubstance, f, the front of which is intended to project out, and servesas a cushion for the contiguous side of the carrier K, Figs. 2, 9, and10, to abut against when it reaches the bottom of the track. The rear ofthe elastic substance f also projects beyond its holder, in order thatit may yield when it is brought against the front of the guide. Thelower end of this bent arm I inclines to the rear and has securedthereto one end of a spiral spring, 71 the other end of the spring beingsecured to a bifurcated carrier-retaining device, L, pivoted at 27 tothe lower end of the sliding holder B, said retaining device beingprovided with notches or hooks 7c and upwardcurved ends Z, under whichrides the axis at of the carrier-drum M, presently to be described, theextremities of said axis pressing up said endsZ against the resistanceof the spring h until they enter the notches 76, thus holding thecarrier, as desired. The inner end of the carrier-retaining device isprovided with an arm, N, rising therefrom, the upper end of the armcurving outward and being located in the path of and under a stop, a,projecting out from the rear of the top of the guide 0, by whichconstruction, when the sliding holder B is raised, the bent arm istipped, so as to elevate the notched end of the carrier-retaining deviceand allow the carrier to descend by its gravity, being started down thetrack by the power stored in the spring 72 which is liber ated when theaxis of the carrierdrum M is released from the notches 7..

P is a wire located over the track A and having secured at each end acord, 1), or other flexible connection attached to the bot-tom of thesliding holder 13 and passing within the bottom of one of the grooves ofa double pulley, R, mounted in the lower bracket, said cord beingconducted through an eye, 9", in the lower end of a latch or lockingdevice, S, pivoted to the inner end of the upper bracket, the upper endof the said latch being connected by a spiral spring, 's,with the outerend of said bracket. This latch is provided with anotch, t, for thereception of apin, 1t, projecting from the side of the top of thesliding holder, and by which it is retained in its raised position (whenthe end of the track secured thereto is elevated) by pulling down on acord, 1;, secured to the top of the sliding holder and pass ing up andaround one of the grooves of the upper pulley, T, the lower end of saidcord 0' hanging down within reach of the operator.

The construction of the carrier will now be described.

U is the casing, provided at its top with two wheels, 10, located in thesame vertical plane, and with the ends of its horizontal axis at projecting a short distance outside of the casing.

V is a helical or clock spring, having its in ner end secured to theaxis m andits outer end to the periphery of the drum-M.

V is a cash-receptacle (see Figs. 9 and 10) connected with thecarrier-drum by a pair of closely-wound spiral springs, at, said springspassing up through the bottom of the carrier and around guide-rolls 3therein to the pe riphery of the drum, and being wound there on in thesame direction, the resiliency and durability of said spring-connectionspeculiarly fitting them for the ofiice to be performed. Thecash-receptacle W, when in its closed position, is kept against theunder side of the carrier by the wound-up clockspring, and'is drawn downagainst the resistance of said spring by applying the finger to a ringor knob on the under side of said receptacle, the spiralspringconnections 00 being unwound from the drum by this operation, and the receptacle held in its open position by a latch,

2, located in the hub. of the drum, dropping into an aperture thereinwhen brought in line thereunder. (See Figs. 11 and 12.) A quick downwardpull on the cash-receptacle causes the latch to be thrown out of itsaperture, and, leaves the receptacle free to be raised by theclock-spring, which revolves the drum and winds the connections atthereon.

The parts being in the position shown, with the lower end of the trackand the empty carrier thereon at the cashiers desk, the cashier pulls onthe elevating-cord 'u at his end of the track, which raises the slidingholder B above the notch t in the latch S until thetop of the arm N,moving against the under sideot' the stop a, causes the notched orhooked ends of the carrier-retaining device L to be raised sufficiently(against the resistance of the spring h) to liberate the ends of theaxis on of the carrier-drum M, when said spring is free to contract andstart the released carrier down the track-the slide-holder at thesalesmans end having been unlocked and drawn down to the bottom of itsguidethereby depressing the track at this end by the continued pull ofthe cashier on the elevating-cord 'v at his end of the track. 1

Our improved carrier can be used to advantage on a track composed ofstrap or hoop ironthe thickness or edge being placed uppermost-and suchtrack may be bent so as to admitof the carrier passing around curves.

We claim- 1. The carrier,with its drum M, clock-spring V, and horizontalaxis m, in combination with a cash-receptacle secured to the drumby'apair of connections, a: as, wound in the same direction thereon,substantially as described.

2. The guide-rolls y and connections .90 w, in combination with acash-receptacle, and a carrier having a drum, M, located on a horizontalaxis, m, and actuated by a clock-spring, as and for the purpose setforth.

3. In combination with a carrier and acashreceptacle, a pair of closelywound spiralspring connections, as 00, as and for the purpose specified.

4. The latch y, in combination witha springactuated drum, M, having ahub provided with an aperture for its reception, as set forth.

5. The carrier-retaining device L, and the arm I, with its elasticcushion f and spring h for starting the carrier, in combination with ameans for unlocking the same, as described.

6. The carrier-retaining device L, with its spring h and the arm N, incombination with the guide 0 and its stop a for releasing the carrier,substantially as specified.

7. The sliding holder B with its pin a, and the latch S with its notcht, spring, and eye 0*, in combination with cords or suitable connectionsfor raising and lowering the holder, as set forth.

8. A pair of brackets for holding the guide 0, in combination with andcapable of adjustment 011 a vertical rod resting in bearings,substantially as described.

9. A pair of brackets for holding the guide 0, and adapted to swing andbe adjusted upon a vertical rod resting in suitable bearings, a pair ofdoublegrooved pulleys mounted in said,brackets, a sliding holder, 13,for the end of the track, and a cord or other connection for elevatingand depressing the track-holder, combined and arranged to operate as andfor the purpose set forth.

10. In combination with a post, a pair 01 0 GEORGE A. BADGER. WVILBERFOWLER LAKIN.

In presence of- N. W. STEARNS, JAS. W. CHAPMAN.

